Rachel Ducker wire sculpture

Sculptured wire figures concentrating on the expressive & emotional dynamics of human nature.
Handcrafted from annealed steel wire, galvanised & black. Coloured enamelled copper wire hair. From 30cm to lifesize. Price determined by size and complexity of the piece.

".......Ducker hardly needs to tell us that she feels constantly urged to make and create. Her figures, in the unlikely medium of twined wire, are full of movement, seeming on the verge of flying, with their streaming hair and spread limbs. Even those shown sitting, in meditative poses with relaxed hands, retain a latent energy- and of course that eletric wiry hair. Some are lifesize, some tiny, most about a metre high. Some are female, one is pregnant. The rest are androgynous, though the Suspended Couple and Chest to Chest pieces might imply another scenario. And that is a tribute to Ducker's skill, in conveying emotion and character through tiny variations in angles of head, hand or fingers within the constricted limits of coiled wire. In contrast, stability is provided by solid lead feet, which often look endearingly like Renaissance Florentine shoes."

Jeannine Alton- Oxford Times